A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, May 20, 2007. Full report: David Hicks transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Australian prison After five years in […]
Read MoreThai anti-government leaders escape capture
Saturday, April 17, 2010 In a new setback to the Thai government’s efforts to ease mounting political tensions, protest leaders escaped from their hotel Friday […]
Read MoreLarge study provides new insights in autism’s genetic code
Thursday, February 22, 2007 In the largest study of its kind, a genetic analysis of 1,168 families with multiple cases of autism has identified genetic […]
Read More2008 COMPUTEX Taipei: Three awards, One target
Monday, June 23, 2008 2008 COMPUTEX Taipei, the largest trade fair since its inception in 1982, featured several seminars and forums, expansions on show spaces […]
Read MoreInterview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. […]
Read MorePolice report drug haul seizure worth up to £30 million in Brownhills, England
Monday, December 2, 2013 Police in the West Midlands in England today said nearly 200 kilograms worth of drugs with value possibly as great as […]
Read MoreSouth Africa sets deadline in land transfer scheme
Sunday, August 13, 2006 The South African government has set a six-month deadline for some white farmers to agree on sale prices for their farms. […]
Read MoreCalifornia man convicted of murdering five firefighters by starting wildfire
Saturday, March 7, 2009 Raymond Lee Oyler of California, United States has been convicted of the murders of five US Forest Service firefighters killed while […]
Read MoreCleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, […]
Read MoreBBC announces pay freeze and no bonuses for managers
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 More than 400 senior managers within the United Kingdom’s BBC, which employs around 28,500 people, have been told that they face […]
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